Top 50 Cities for Global Trade (Houston)

#2 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX $80.6 billion | Mexico, Canada, China | Chemicals, Petroleum and Coal Products, MachineryHouston ranks ahead of Los Angeles and a mere $5 billion behind New York, despite having half and one-third the populations, respectively. True, this little global engine that could is powered by a lot of big boy industries and companies—Houston, we have a Halliburton—but its consistent ranking as a top city not only for doing business, but also in which to work and live, must lend to its success. –Steve Lowery